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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-691/article-6",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/691",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/691 of 30 January 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of Council as regards rules for aquaculture establishments and transporters of aquatic animals (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-691",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Requirement for approved aquaculture establishments and groups thereof to participate in a risk-based surveillance scheme",
  "text": "1. The competent authority shall only approve aquaculture establishments referred to in Articles 7, 17 and 18 of this Regulation if the operators comply with risk-based surveillance conducted by the competent authority in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, in the form of a risk-based surveillance scheme as set out in Part 1 and in point 1 of Part 2 of Annex II to this Regulation.\n2. The competent authority shall only approve groups of aquaculture establishments referred to in Article 8 of this Regulation when operators comply with risk based surveillance conducted by the competent authority in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, in the form of a risk- based surveillance scheme as set out in Part 1 and in point 2 of Part 2 of Annex II to this Regulation.\n3. When granting approval of aquaculture establishments or groups thereof as provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authority shall take account of the following elements, and include them in the risk-based surveillance scheme:\n(a) the outcome of the surveillance conducted by the operator in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;\n(b) the information obtained through the animal health visits carried out by a veterinarian in accordance with Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, when the operators make such information available.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/691/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:37.230185+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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